DLPs Obsolete Yet?

[Emulex]

yah that laser looks cool. no more bulbs. i wonder what happens if you use your DSLR to record the screen?

 

[Zaap]

When I bought my DLP I knew that I had no need to wall mount and therefore no reason to restrict myself to flat panels. I couldn't be happier with my purchase.

What I find funny is that most people don't wall mount their TV and really a DLP doesn't require much more table space than an equivalently sized flat panel.

Exactly. I couldn't be happier with the 56" Samsung we bought 2 years ago. It's been nothing but a pleasure and definitely at the time I couldn't have gotten anything nearly as good in the same size range without paying nearly double.

I also really love the picture quality- to my eye, a DLP has a subtle 'softness' to the image that's non-pixely, but still razor sharp for HD images. I dare say that even crappy SD images look the best they're ever going to on a DLP compared to any other large format which will be much less forgiving.

Like you say, if not wall mounting, and depending on the space, a flat panel doesn't really matter. In my setup, I'd merely have a bigger gap between the back of the TV/entertainment center and the wall for dust to collect.

 

[mmntech]

while we are on the topic of DLPs has anyone actually seen the mitsubishi 75in Laservue in the wild yet?

http://www.mitsubishi-tv.com/laser.html

They've been talking about laser TV for a while now. Looks promising, but I wouldn't be surprised if it went vapourware, like SED did.

DLP offers great picture but I think it's size and the bulbs hurt it. People want something they can mount on a wall these days.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

They've been talking about laser TV for a while now. Looks promising, but I wouldn't be surprised if it went vapourware, like SED did.

DLP offers great picture but I think it's size and the bulbs hurt it. People want something they can mount on a wall these days.

You can actually buy LaserVue sets right now. The first gen product went on sale in 2008. How is that vaporware?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

I've had my 65" for about a month now. Its epic.

 

[stlcardinals]

If you do buy a DLP, I would buy a spare lamp to have on hand. I know when the lamp on mine went out on a saturday morning, I paid more than I should have in time and money to track down a replacement.

 

[spidey07]

If you do buy a DLP, I would buy a spare lamp to have on hand. I know when the lamp on mine went out on a saturday morning, I paid more than I should have in time and money to track down a replacement.

They use LEDs now, no bulbs.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Dunno about TV's, but when it comes to projectors...
DLP images are usually a bit "smoother" and less likely to run into "screen door" issues vs LCD projectors.
DLP generally has better contrast and black levels than LCD (note: CRT much better then both though, and LCD's have improved a lot in recent years)
LCD usually has "richer" colors than DLP.

Tell your folks that they need 106 inches
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...rodid=11531436
Muahahahaha

 

[Aikouka]

They use LEDs now, no bulbs.

I thought only Samsung was doing LED DLPs and they aren't making them anymore.

 

[spidey07]

I thought only Samsung was doing LED DLPs and they aren't making them anymore.

Whoops. Sorry, i've been out of the game for too long I guess. Happy samsung LED 67" DLP owner here.